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Recent Examples of columbarium
In 2019, the group bought a columbarium with 96 niches to inter ashes for other kinds of service dogs.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
Her remains are stored in one of a series of ornate lockers in the columbarium of a Buddhist temple in Hsinchu, second from the bottom, just a few feet away from my uncle, her son.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Next to the chapel is a columbarium, a repository for the ashes of select members of the congregation.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024
The challenges of life at Community First In the middle of Community First is a memorial garden with the ashes of dozens of residents who have died, their names etched into a granite columbarium.
—Lucy Tompkins Eli Durst, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
Her remains are stored in one of a series of ornate lockers in the columbarium of a Buddhist temple in Hsinchu, second from the bottom, just a few feet away from my uncle, her son.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Next to the chapel is a columbarium, a repository for the ashes of select members of the congregation.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024
The challenges of life at Community First In the middle of Community First is a memorial garden with the ashes of dozens of residents who have died, their names etched into a granite columbarium.
—Lucy Tompkins Eli Durst, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columbarium
Noun
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Image Most of the mausoleums still belong in private hands; if family leases are not renewed, remains are discreetly removed to the ossuary.—
Sadie Stein,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Inside the mausoleum, niches were cut into the plaster, likely to hold funerary urns spanning generations.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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This is a departure from tradition, under which many of Francis' predecessors have been laid to rest in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Basilica of Saint Mary Major is one of four major papal basilicas, but Pope Francis has broken with tradition in his request to be laid to rest there, rather than in one of the crypts of St Peter’s Basilica inside the Vatican City.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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The 17-year-old has already collected two gold medals at this year’s World Cup circuit, one on vault and another on floor exercise.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The fact that neither could get off the floor was another negative; Queen’s 23-inch no-step vertical was the worst at the combine, and Broome’s 24 1/2-inch vault was not much better.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Players explore the environment using a slew of weapons and magic spells in hidden dungeons, caves, catacombs and more.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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At Dark Universe, a land that harnesses Universal’s horror history, a ride called Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment takes guests deep into the catacombs of Frankenstein Manor, where Dr. Victoria Frankenstein conducts experiments.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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The city’s monuments, which include several royal palaces, ritual sites and tombs, have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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The gravesite also houses the tombs of Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde and has long been a site for fans of the rocker to pay their respects in the area known as Poet's Corner. Paris' official tourism website states that crowds gather there on the anniversary of Morrison's death on July 3 every year.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Thousands of homes and a sprawl of entire neighborhoods were transformed into outdoor charnel houses.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of homes and a sprawl of entire neighborhoods were transformed into outdoor charnel houses.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Jan. 2025
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Located at the intersection of Highways 6 and 13, this cemetery is the final resting place of L.M. Montgomery.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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There are over 150 national cemeteries —including Arlington National Cemetery and Gettysburg National Cemetery — across the country that will sport thousands of American flags every Memorial Day.—
Alex Heigl,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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The first burial: A cookbook author The first person buried at what is now Arlington National Cemetery was not a soldier, a general, a war hero or even a veteran.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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An extended hall leads to another long hall, ending with an incomplete chamber containing his burial well.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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“Columbarium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columbarium. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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